Life Of A Typical Malay - November 1999
Sunday 7/11/1999
Woke up at 5-00 am,
surfed the net for an hour or so. We were the first to have breakfast
at the resort restaurant. Went back to sleep until 10-30 am.
Went to the town (city ?) at 11-00 am, alone.
You pay so much for this suite, why go out
then? Make full use of it...
Hahahaha....Obviously I don't really know this friend of mine. He doesn't know me either.
You are one fu**ing weird guy, I'll never
go for holidays alone. Never ever.
That doesn't make sense.
He said that to me yesterday.
What a "weird" thinking, to label me as weird just because I go
for holidays alone, definitely is weird.
The town was packed with tourists, mostly Singaporeans. Deepavali is also a public holiday in the republic.
Since I couldn't find a single parking spot after a few rounds,
I drove back and parked my car at Klebang Beach and took a cab
instead. That was a wise decision since roads leading to the town center
were filled with cars.
Spent a few hours visiting A'Farmosa, St Paul Hill and the rest - not much things have changed since my last visit about 4 years ago.
Duduk di pintu merenung bulan
Ribut tak jadi awan melindung
Kalau begitu nasib mu tuan
Bertuahlah perut si ibu mengandung
That was one of the pantuns I managed to memorize while visiting one of the museums. The one engraved on one of the doors. Sounds cool.
Reached the hotel at 6-30 pm, dead tired. Took another nice long
bath, said my Maghrib and was in bed until 11-00 pm. I then went out
for dinner at one of the stalls near the hotel.
Kumar spent the whole day watching telly, he did not
even go out for lunch and dinner. He made full use of room service.
He didn't want to miss all those movies on telly, Tamil
and Hindustan. That was how he spent his Deepavali this year.
I love to just sit and people watch, and I've made an observation
during this weekend getaway. I have concluded
that we, human beings, and lemmings have one thing in common. Lemmings are
small rodents that will reportedly follow one another, in packs,
even over the edge of a cliff.
I've noticed lemming-like behaviour on this trip. Not once.
Not twice.
Only one
person needs to stand in front of a closed door. Suddenly, a line,
a few lines,
will form behind that person. It doesn't matter the reason,
people
will wait in a line simply because they fear they will miss
something.
The biggest problem with the lemming syndrome, as I have dubbed
it, is that it forces those of us that refuse to follow the crowd,
to join in also. We must get in the ever-growing lines if we ever
want to have the benefit of the service.
Monday 8/11/1999
Went for a small walk along the beach right after Subuh, not a pleasant one I must say. Stray dogs everywhere. Managed to take a quick nap until 10-00 am and by 11-00 am we were ready to check out. That sandals and towel .....hehehe...I can resist anything BUT temptation...*LOL*....
Drove to Klebang Beach for breakfast, the service was awfully bad I *nearly* lost my temper. Kumar wanted me to drive to the town for the last time but told him I got to be in Kajang by 4-00 pm.
Bahrim called last night telling one "good news". His wife just delivered a baby boy Saturday night. I was the first (among his friends) to know the news so I was a bit flabbergasted, to say the least.
Exited at Subang/USJ just to avoid massive traffic jam leading towards
Cheras toll. Dropped Kumar at Jalan Sultan Ismail and headed straight to Kajang only to know Bahrim was not home. Not until 6-00 pm. Rushed home to check on reports etc, tons and tons of them.
Coffee opened high again, lost steam and turned south.
It closed 6 points higher anyway. We did not do anything, "too scared".
This coffee market is no at all for beginner. I got into coffee
for the first time with a small position and
very quickly discovered the true nature of this market.
Even though I don't have very much invested it is important to me.
I can't seem to balance the fundamentals with the technicals quite yet.
I think there must be a balance to be achieved here somewhere but
am falling quite short of it.
Maybe I shouldn't listen to the fundy's at all, but why would anyone
put on a position without checking. It's just when the forum emotion
gets so thick that I get frustrated and start to doubt myself.
I guess that's the lesson, or the excersise.
And that's the reason why I'm still in coffee. I don't want to go
into market
and get eaten alive when I still have so much time left on
my option, but I generally don't suceed very well when I break
my trading rules.
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Saturday 20/11/1999
Wow, I can't believe this. It's been a while since I have made an entry
and the reason is simply, nothing has happened these past few days, except work.
Over the last few days I have been busy.
Like most diaries I have ever started, I tend to slacken off fairly quickly and before
long I stop making entries.
And to make ammend, I promise this entry will be a long one.
I have been kept busy, so busy in fact that I have only been online for
less than an hour in the past week. I got my coffee market reports printed by the guy at
one cybercafe in Shah Alam by the way, so basically I was in constant tune with what was
happening in Brazil and New York Coffee Exchange.
From next week onwards I'll be back on the 'net, hopefully I'll be abe to update this journal on a daily basis or else I'll have to do another monster entry the following weekend.
Being busy doesn't necessarily mean I have been enjoying myself. I have to be honest and say
I have been under a fair amount of stress of late and really need to relax a bit, but I don't
think I will be able to until maybe after New Year.
OK, here are some brief notes on what kept me busy....
1. We got our Sirim payment at last, after waiting for more than 4 years. En Mahadi thanked me no ends for getting the money, we cashed the checque on Monday and by Wednesday the balance was close to zero ..*LOL*...
Yati's wedding on the 28th will be a grand one I'm sure.
As a token of appreciation, I took Thamsir to Concorde Hotel for lunch the very next day.
Azizan was no where to be found. Something wrong somewhere, his name is on Badan Pencegah Rasuah list, he told me that last week. I guess that's the reason why he's been keeping low profile.
2. Our brokerage house in Seremban will only start its operation next year, we are having some teething problems. I know it's not easy to establish a commision house but that's the price I have to pay.
I'm just a partner of that firm, I don't want to get too involved at this stage, just
that I don't want them to run away with my money so I better keep track with what's happening.
Not that I don't trust them but I've been too trusting I've been conned, I've been sweet-talked
so many times I started to believe I'm a fool. Because a fool is someone who makes the same
mistake over and over again.
3. Election Day is on Monday 29/11/1999. That's official. The day we have been waiting for.
I'll be casting my vote in Temerloh, funny isn't it? Why Temerloh? My hometown is Raub and I
live in Shah Alam and yet I'll be voting there in Temerloh, nearly 200 km away.
Simple,
I used to work in Temerloh and fell in love with the community there and they happened to be PAS
supporters. I am a PAS supporter too.
I know not all politicians are liars so it does really matter who one votes for.
Even if a candidate is a good person, they are controlled by a party and must follow the
party line. So you are not really voting for the individual, you are voting for the party.
Again, this time around I'll vote for PAS, I'm not that stupid to vote for UMNO.
4. I've done a lot of thinking over the past couple days and as much as it is difficult to admit,
I am disgusted with my behaviour in the past couple of weeks. I won't go into details but
I need to focus and give my life a bit of direction, set a few goals.
So.....
I need to kind of "recharge the battery"....*LOL*...
And I'm "thinking" of going for 2-week Umrah (small religious pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia) again,
and the best time to go is during Christmas and New Year break.
Since fasting month (Ramadhan) falls on the 9th or 10th Dec, I'll likely be
celebrating Eid in Mecca.
5. Trading wise, coffee went crazy again, skyrocketed to 134-25 on Monday and plunged to 113-00 before I could even scratch my d**k....*LOL*...
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